Looks like the bug is really in the applet (or the libnm parts called by it). Just touching /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy after starting nm-applet is enough to enable the menu items. As soon as nm-applet is killed the file needs to be touched again for the authorization to pass.
Looks like the bug is really in the applet (or the libnm parts called by it). Just touching /usr/share/ polkit- 1/actions/ org.freedesktop .NetworkManager .policy after starting nm-applet is enough to enable the menu items. As soon as nm-applet is killed the file needs to be touched again for the authorization to pass.